Hair-curling device



Oct. 15, 1963 5 KELLY 3,106,923

HAIR-CURLING DEVICE Filed Aug. 22, 1960 INV EN TOR.

AurH 5. X544 Y BY *6 a xlwam/ United States Patent 3,106,923 HAIR-CURLENG DEVIQE Ruth E. Kelly, 401 'W. Zolezzi Lane, Reno,

Filed Aug. 22, 196i}, der. No. 51,1?9 Claims. (Cl. 13237) This invention relates to a device for cur-ling tresses of hair and has for an object to provide an instrument by which hair may be drawn into and around a curler that, because the same is detachable from the manipulating portion, secures a tress of hair close to the scalp. Thus, permanent waving processes of varying techniques may be carried out on said curled up tress with assurance the optimum results will be obtained.

Another object of the invention is to provide a haircurling device that is adapted to grip the hair close to the scalp and retained in approximately such position while by manipulation of the device, the hair, t its full length, is drawn in and around the curler in a manner whereby the end of the hair tress is last to be wrapped.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel hair-curling attachment that is separably connected to manipulating means and holds a hair tress in curled condition while said manipulating may be used for curling a hair tress on another attachment. Thus, one instrument may serve to curl hair on a plurality of attachments.

invention also has for its objects to provide such means that are positive in operation, convenient in use, easily installed in a working position and easily disconnected therefrom, economical of manufacture, relatively simple, and of genera superiority and serviceability.

The invention also comprises novel details or" construction and novel combinations and arrangements of parts, which will more fully appear in the course of the following description, which is based on the accompanying drawing. However, said drawing merely shows, and the following description merely describes, one embodiment of the present invention, which is given by way of illustration or example only.

In the drawing, like reference characters designate similar parts in the several views.

FIG. 1 is a broken side elevational view of a haircurling device according to the present invention and shown open.

FIG. 2 is enlarged longitudinal sectional view thereof, in closed position.

FIG. 3 is a similar view of the hair-curling or wrapping attachment of the device.

FIG. 4 is a top View thereof in the position out FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 is a further enlarged cross-sectional View as taken on the line 5-5 of FIG. 4.

The present invention comprises, generally, a scissorslike handle and manipulating instrument 19, and a detachable hair curler 11 that, when attached to the instrument, is adapted to wrap a hair tress therearound and, when detached, holds said tress firmly in wrapped condition during subsequent processing, such as permanent waving.

The instrument It) is made up of two main parts 12 and 13 connected in scissors-like arrangement by a pivot 14. The part 12 has a handle 15 on one side of the pivot, and an extension 16 on the other side. Some-what similarly, the part 13 has a handle 17 opposite handle 15, and an extension 18 opposite the extension 16.

In this instance, the pivot 14 is carried by the part 13 and comprises a pin that is engaged in a slot 19 formed in the part 12. As a consequence, the two parts 12 and 13 not only have scissors action on pin 14, but the crossover connection at the pivot adapts the same to have relative sliding movement as limited by said slot. A com- 3,13%323 Patented Get. 15, 1963 pression spring 2 between the handles adjacent to the pivot, imposes a spring bias against which said sliding movement of the parts is efiected when the handles thereof are squeezed.

Since the hair curler attachment 11 is carried by the ends 16 and 18, by alternately squeezing and releasing the pressure on the handles, the parts of said attachment alternately come together and separate for the purpose hereinafter described.

Said attachment 11 comprises a core member '21, a clamp member 22 associated with member 21 to clamp and hold a wound tress of hair wrapped either around the core, only, or wrapped partly around said core and partly around the clamp member, and an elastic member 23 to connect the members 21 and 22 in tressclamping association so that the same retains assembly after separation from manipulating instrument 10'.

The members 21 and 22 may be made of metal but are advantageously made of a rigid plastic material. The member 21 is formed to have a tubular body 24 in the wall of which is provided a plurality of openings 25 that may be round holes or slots, or both, said body having an open end 25a and a closed, preferably tapered end 26. It is evident that a tress of hair may be wound around said core member 21. The clamp member 22, as best seen in PEG. 5, has a half-round body 27 of a size to partly encircle the core member, the same having openings 28. The end 29 of member 22 that is adjacent to the tapered end of the member 21 is inbent to generally conform to said taper, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. At the opposite end the member 22 is provided with an enlargement 30 that encompasses an arcuate socket 31.

With the instrument extension 16 extending into the hollow of tubular core 21 and the extension 18 extending into the socket 311, as in FIGS. 1 and 2, manipulation of the handles 15 and 17 will bring the members 21 and 22 together, as in FIG. 2, or allow them to separate, as in FIG. 1, or impose or release pressure between the members, as desired.

The elastic member 23 is formed as a rubber or plastic strip 32 that is strung on an inner extension of core member 21 and has a hole 33 in its other end that is adapted to hook over the tapered end 26 of the core member and, in so doing, overlying the clamp member 22-, as may be seen in FIG. 4. Said figure also shows that the strip 32 has an elongated slot 34 of such extent that most of the clamp member is left exposed, only two side strip portions 35 remaining to engage against the sides of the clamp member. Normally, said member 23 is in the free or loose position of FIG. 1 where the same is connected only to said inward extension of the core member 21. After a tress is wound around the attachment, the latter is clamped together to hold the wound-up tress by bringing the free end of the member 23 over the clamp member 21 and hooking the end having the hole 33 over the taper 26. With the parts of the attachment thus clamped together, the extensions 16 and 13 of the instrument to may be withdrawn, leaving the attachment adjacent the scalp and freeing the instrument for engaging another attachment to curl up another tress.

The above-described hair-curling device is particularly adapted to Wrap or wind 21 tress of hair from the end thereof adjacent toward the free end. In permanent waving techniques now in use, the end of the tress is wound first, the winding operation terminating when the curler reaches the scalp. Thus, the hair ends are subjected to tighter curling than is the hair farther up on the tress, resulting in fuzzy ends and much time is expended to correct unduly tightly curled tress ends. Actually, the main or middle portion of the tress requires tight curling, rather than the ends. A more natural curl would result and hair-setting may be largely eliminated by using the 7 3 present hair-curler in the following'approxiinate manner:

A tress of hair is first clamped between members 21 and 2 2 within an inch or two of the scalp. Then, by alternately squeezing and releasing the pressure on handles 1S and 17, the hair is drawn into and around the attachment. While the details of the Wrap are not shown since the same may be varied, it is preferred that the hair have an 5 form while being Wrapped between the core and clamp and then around both. Such backand-forth interweaving is combined with the mentioned squeeze and release of the handles until the t ess end winds up encircling the outside of the clamp. Then, the member 23 is hooked into place to lock the Wrap, as mentioned. Now, the instrument it) may be Withdrawn and used for Wrapping a second tress. Since the tress end can be made to lie longitudinally over the clamp member 22 or at a helical angle thereover, the same is not subject to tight curling Whereas the main part of the tress is.

After the entire head of hair is so curled up, or such part as may be desired, the curled tresses me permanently curled by heat, chemicms or in other known ways. The result will provide gently sweeping curls that do not have fuzzy ends and require a minimum of setting.

While the foregoing has illustrated and described what is now contemplated to be the best mode of carrying out the invention, the construction is, of course, subject to modification without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, it is not desired to restrict the invention to the particular form of construction illustrated and described, but to cover all modifications that may fallwvithin the scope or" the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A hair-curling device comprising a scissors-like instrument having a pair of handles and oppositely extending extensions, a pin and slot crossover connection being provided between the handles and said extei ens with the length of said slot arranged transverse the length of the device, and a spring being provided to bias the extension apart; a separate hair-curling member removably disposed on each of said extensions, and elastic means connecting said hair-curling members.

2. A hair-curling device comprising a scissors-like in-' strumcnt having a pair of elements each having a handle and an oppositely extending extension, means comprising a pin and slot slidably and pivotally connecting said elements at adjacent portions between the handles and said extensions, and a spring being provided to bias the extensions apart; an elongated core member separably connected to one of said extensions; an elongated clamp member separably connected to the other extension and adapted to clamp a Wound tress of hair around the core member; and an elastic member connecting the core and clamp members to hold the same together after separation from the mentioned extensions.

3. A hair-curling device comprising a scissors-like instrument having a pair of handles and oppositely extending extensions, a pin and slot crossover conn ction being provided between the handles and said extensions with the length of said slot arranged transverse the length of the device, and a spring being provided to bias the extension apart; an elongated core member separably connected to one of said extensions; an elongated clamp member separably connected to the other extension and adapted to clamp a wound tress of hair around the core member; and an elastic member connected at one end to one end of the core member and spanning longitudinally over the clamp member, and connected at the other end to the other end of the core member, said elastic member clamping portions or" a tress wound over the clamp member.

4. A hair curler according to claim 3 in which the mentioned core and clamp members are provided with open-ended sockets, the mentioned extensions being seated in said sockets.

5. A hair-curling device comprising a scissors-like instrument having a pair of handles and oppositely. extending extensions, a pin and slot connection being provided between the handles and said extensions adapted to pro vide sliding of the point of connection in a direction transverse the length of the device and substantially in the plane described by the scissor action of the extensions, and a spring being provided to bias the extension apart; an elongated core member separably connected to one of said extensions; an elongated clamp member separably connected to the other extension and adapted to clamp a wound tress of hair around the core member; and an elastic member connecting the core and clamp member to hold the same together after separation from the mentioned extensions.

References cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 

5. A HAIR-CURLING DEVICE COMPRISING A SCISSORS-LIKE INSTRUMENT HAVING A PAIR OF HANDLES AND OPPOSITELY EXTENDING EXTENSIONS, A PIN AND SLOT CONNECTION BEING PROVIDED BETWEEN THE HANDLES AND SAID EXTENSIONS ADAPTED TO PROVIDE SLIDING OF THE POINT OF CONNECTION IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE THE LENGTH OF THE DEVICE AND SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLANE DESCRIBED BY THE SCISSOR ACTION OF THE EXTENSIONS, AND A SPRING BEING PROVIDED TO BIAS THE EXTENSION APART; AN ELONGATED CORE MEMBER SEPARABLY CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID EXTENSIONS; AN ELONGATED CLAMP MEMBER SEPARABLY CONNECTED TO THE OTHER EXTENSION AND ADAPTED TO CLAMP A WOUND TRESS OF HAIR AROUND THE CORE MEMBER; AND AN ELASTIC MEMBER CONNECTING THE CORE AND CLAMP MEMBER TO HOLD THE SAME TOGETHER AFTER SEPARATION FROM THE MENTIONED EXTENSIONS. 